Birch, Jonathan

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  • Schnell, Alexandra K., Browning, Heather, Crump, Andrew, Burn, Charlotte C., Birch, Jonathan (2026). Sentience in cephalopod molluscs: an updated assessment. Biological Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/brv.70125
  • Birch, Jonathan (2025). Sentience and the science-policy nexus: replies to Wandrey and Halina, and Bayne. Mind & Language, 40(5), 578 - 585. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12552 picture_as_pdf
  • Brown, Simon, Birch, Jonathan (2025). When and why are motivational trade-offs evidence of sentience? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380(1939). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0309 picture_as_pdf
  • Butlin, Patrick, Long, Robert, Bayne, Tim, Bengio, Yoshua, Birch, Jonathan, Chalmers, David, Constant, Axel, Deane, George, Elmoznino, Eric & Fleming, Stephen M et al (2025). Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.10.011 picture_as_pdf
  • Hynninen, Katariina, Papageorgiou, Danai, Birch, Jonathan (2025). Protecting animal cultures as World Heritage. Nature Sustainability, 8(10), 1108 – 1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01641-6
  • Caviola, Lucius, Sebo, Jeff, Birch, Jonathan (2025). What will society think about AI consciousness? Lessons from the animal case. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(8), p681 - p683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.06.002 picture_as_pdf
  • Colombatto, Clara, Birch, Jonathan, Fleming, Stephen M. (2025). The influence of mental state attributions on trust in large language models. Communications Psychology, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00262-1 picture_as_pdf
  • Browning, Heather, Burn, Charlotte, Schnell, Alexandra K., Crump, Andrew, Birch, Jonathan (2025). Animal welfare risks from commercial practices involving cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans. Animal Welfare, 34, https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2025.25 picture_as_pdf
  • Andrews, Kristin, Birch, Jonathan, Sebo, Jeff (2025). Evaluating animal consciousness. Science, 387(6736), 822 - 824. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp4990 picture_as_pdf
  • Brown, Simon A.B., Paul, Elizabeth S., Birch, Jonathan (2024). To test the boundaries of consciousness, study animals. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(10), 874 - 875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.06.003 picture_as_pdf
  • Jacquet, Jennifer, Franks, Becca, Godfrey-Smith, Peter, Sanchez-Suarez, Walter, Abrams, Peter, Ainley, David, Alava Saltos, Juan Jose, Andrews, Kristin, Bach, Maya F. & Bergstrom, Carl T. et al (2024). Support US OCTOPUS Act to keep octopuses wild. Science (New York, N.Y.), 385(6710), 721 - 722. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr3813
  • Birch, Jonathan (2024). IV - Emotionless animals? Constructionist theories of emotion beyond the human case. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 124(1), 71 - 94. https://doi.org/10.1093/arisoc/aoae003 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2024). Affect is at the heart of norm psychology commentary on Heyes, “Rethinking norm psychology”. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(1), 49 -50. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231187390 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2023). Medical AI, inductive risk and the communication of uncertainty: the case of disorders of consciousness. Journal of Medical Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109424 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2023). Knowing science, by Alexander Bird. Mind, https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzad048
  • Birch, Jonathan (2023). When is a brain organoid a sentience candidate? Molecular Psychology, 2, p. 22. https://doi.org/10.12688/molpsychol.17524.2 picture_as_pdf
  • LeDoux, Joseph, Birch, Jonathan, Andrews, Kristin, Clayton, Nicola S., Daw, Nathaniel D., Frith, Chris, Lau, Hakwan, Peters, Megan A. K., Schneider, Susan & Seth, Anil et al (2023). Consciousness beyond the human case. Current Biology, 33(16), R832 - R840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.067
  • Read, Eva, Birch, Jonathan (2023). Animal sentience and the capabilities approach to justice: Martha C. Nussbaum, Justice for animals: our collective responsibility. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2023. Biology and Philosophy, 38(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09914-0 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2023). Disentangling sentience from developmental plasticity. Animal Sentience, 8(33). https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1812 picture_as_pdf
  • Crump, Andrew, Gibbons, Matilda, Barrett, Meghan, Birch, Jonathan, Chittka, Lars (2023). Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects' welfare? PLoS Biology, 21(6), e3002138. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002138 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2022). Should animal welfare be defined in terms of consciousness? Philosophy of Science, 89(5), 1114 – 1123. https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2022.59 picture_as_pdf
  • Crump, Andrew, Browning, Heather, Schnell, Alexandra K., Burn, Charlotte, Birch, Jonathan (2022). Invertebrate sentience and sustainable seafood. Nature Food, 3(11), 884-886. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00632-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Browning, Heather, Birch, Jonathan (2022). Teaching & learning guide for: animal sentience. Philosophy Compass, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12878 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2022). Materialism and the moral status of animals. Philosophical Quarterly, 72(4), 795 - 815. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqab072 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan, Buskell, Andrew (2022). How we got stuck: the origins of hierarchy and inequality. Mind & Language, 37(4), 751 - 759. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12420 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2022). Sentience and the science-policy interface. Animal Sentience, 6(31). https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1718 picture_as_pdf
  • Browning, Heather, Birch, Jonathan (2022). Animal sentience. Philosophy Compass, 17(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12822 picture_as_pdf
  • Crump, Andrew, Birch, Jonathan (2022). Animal consciousness: the interplay of neural and behavioural evidence. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 29(3-4), 104 - 128. https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.29.3.104 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan, Broom, Donald M., Browning, Heather, Crump, Andrew, Ginsburg, Simona, Halina, Marta, Harrison, David, Jablonka, Eva, Lee, Andrew Y. & Kammerer, François et al (2022). How should we study animal consciousness scientifically? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 29(3-4), 8 - 28. https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.29.3.008 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2022). The search for invertebrate consciousness. Noûs, 56(1), 133 - 153. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12351 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan, Creel, Kathleen A., Jha, Abhinav K., Plutynski, Anya (2022). Clinical decisions using AI must consider patient values. Nature Medicine, 28(2), 229-232. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01624-y
  • Crump, Andrew, Browning, Heather, Schnell, Alex, Burn, Charlotte, Birch, Jonathan (2022). Sentience in decapod crustaceans: a general framework and review of the evidence. Animal Sentience, 7, https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1691 picture_as_pdf
  • Crump, Andrew, Birch, Jonathan (2021). Separating conscious and unconscious perception in animals. Learning and Behavior, 49(4), 347 - 348. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-021-00479-0 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2021). The hatching of consciousness. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 43(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00472-w picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan, Ginsburg, Simona, Jablonka, Eva (2021). The learning-consciousness connection. Biology and Philosophy, 36(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09802-5 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2021). Science and policy in extremis: the UK’s initial response to COVID-19. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00407-z picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan, Heyes, Cecilia (2021). The cultural evolution of cultural evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1828). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0051 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2021). The skilful origins of human normative cognition. Analyse und Kritik, 43(1), 191 - 202. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2021-0010 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2021). Refining the skill hypothesis: replies to Andrews/Westra, Tomasello, Sterelny, and Railton. Analyse und Kritik, 43(1), 253 - 260. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2021-0015 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2021). Toolmaking and the evolution of normative cognition. Biology and Philosophy, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-020-09777-9 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan, Browning, Heather (2021). Neural organoids and the precautionary principle. American Journal of Bioethics, 21(1), 56 - 58. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1845858 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2021). Global workspace theory and animal consciousness. Philosophical Topics, 48(1), 21 - 37. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtopics20204812 picture_as_pdf
  • Artiga, Marc, Birch, Jonathan, Martínez, Manolo (2020). The meaning of biological signals. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 84, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101348 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2020). Unlimited associative learning and the origins of consciousness: a primer and some predictions. Biology and Philosophy, 35(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-020-09772-0 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan, Schnell, Alexandra K., Clayton, Nicola S. (2020). Dimensions of animal consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(10), 789 - 801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.07.007 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2020). In search of the origins of consciousness. Acta Biotheoretica, 68(2), 287 - 294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-019-09363-x picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2020). The place of animals in Kantian ethics. Biology and Philosophy, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9712-0 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2019). Joint know-how. Philosophical Studies, 176(12), 3329 - 3352. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-018-1176-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2019). Inclusive fitness as a criterion for improvement. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2019.101186 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2019). Are kin and group selection rivals or friends? Current Biology, 29(11), R433-R438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.065 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2019). Altruistic deception. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 74, 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2019.01.004 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2018). Animal cognition and human values. Philosophy of Science, 85(5), 1026-1037. https://doi.org/10.1086/699744 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2018). Kin selection, group selection, and the varieties of population structure. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science,
  • Birch, Jonathan (2018). The difference between the scope of a norm and its apparent source. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, E97. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1800002X
  • Birch, Jonathan (2017). Animal sentience and the precautionary principle. Animal Sentience, 2(16).
  • Birch, Jonathan (2017). The inclusive fitness controversy: finding a way forward. Royal Society Open Science, 4(170335), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170335
  • Birch, Jonathan (2017). Book review: Michael Tomasello // a natural history of human morality. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science,
  • Birch, Jonathan, Witteveen, Joeri (2017). Dividing the Pleistocene pie: review of Nicolas Baumard, the origins of fairness: how evolution explains our moral nature (Paul Reeve, Trans.), New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 272pp., $74 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0190210229. BioScience,
  • Birch, Jonathan (2016). Hamilton's two conceptions of social fitness. Philosophy of Science, 83(5), 848-860. https://doi.org/10.1086/687869
  • Birch, Jonathan (2016). Natural selection and the maximization of fitness. Biological Reviews, 91(3), 712-727. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12190
  • Birch, Jonathan, Okasha, Samir (2015). Kin selection and its critics. BioScience, 65(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biu196
  • Birch, Jonathan (2014). Hamilton’s rule and its discontents. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 65(2), 381 - 411. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axt016
  • Birch, Jonathan (2014). Gene mobility and the concept of relatedness. Biology and Philosophy, 29(4), 445-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-014-9445-z
  • Birch, Jonathan (2014). How cooperation became the norm. Biology and Philosophy, 29(3), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-013-9409-8
  • Birch, Jonathan (2014). Has Grafen formalized Darwin? Biology and Philosophy, 29(2), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-013-9421-z
  • Birch, Jonathan (2014). Propositional content in signalling systems. Philosophical Studies, 171(3), 493-512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-014-0280-5
  • Birch, Jonathan, Marshall, James A. R. (2014). Queller’s separation condition explained and defended. American Naturalist, 184(4), 531-540. https://doi.org/10.1086/677750
  • Birch, Jonathan (2013). Book Review: Samir Okasha and Ken Binimore (eds) Evolution and rationality: decisions, cooperation, and strategic behaviour. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 64(3), 669-673. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axt011
  • Birch, Jonathan (2013). Explaining the human syndrome. Metascience, 22(2), 347-350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-012-9713-y
  • Birch, Jonathan (2013). On the 'simulation argument' and selective scepticism. Erkenntnis, 78(1), 95-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-012-9400-9
  • Birch, Jonathan (2012). Collective action in the fraternal transitions. Biology and Philosophy, 27(3), 363-380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-012-9312-8
  • Birch, Jonathan (2012). Robust processes and teleological language. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2(3), 299-312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-011-0043-5
  • Birch, Jonathan (2012). Social revolution. Biology and Philosophy, 27(4), 571-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-011-9300-4
  • Birch, Jonathan (2012). The negative view of natural selection. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 43(2), 569-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2012.02.002
  • Birch, Jonathan (2009). Irretrievably confused? Innateness in explanatory context. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 40(4), 296-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2009.09.007
    • Book
  • Birch, Jonathan (2024). The edge of sentience: risk and precaution in humans, other animals, and AI. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191966729.001.0001 picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (2017). The philosophy of social evolution. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198733058.001.0001
    • Chapter
  • Gibbons, Matilda, Crump, Andrew, Barrett, Meghan, Sarlak, Sajedeh, Birch, Jonathan, Chittka, Lars (2022). Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence. In Jurenka, R. (Ed.), Advances in Insect Physiology (pp. 155-229). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2022.10.001
    • Dataset
  • Birch, Jonathan, Creel, Kathleen, Jha, Abhinav, Plutynski, Anya (2021). Survey of patient advocacy groups regarding the use of AI in cancer screening. [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589206
    • Report
  • Birch, Jonathan, Browning, Heather, Burn, Charlotte, Schnell, Alexandra K., Crump, Andrew (2021). Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans. London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
    • Other
  • Parish, Neil, Davies, Geraint, Doogan, Dave, Duffield, Rosie, Hudson, Neil, Moore, Robbie, Murray, Sheryll, Birch, Jonathan, Bonner, Tim & Hawkins, Penny et al (2021). Transcript of oral evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
    • Blog post
  • Logothetis, Isabella, Jury, Spencer, Birch, Jonathan (24 September 2025) Should you let AI train your dog? The lawless world of AI and animals. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (10 July 2025) What if AI becomes conscious? British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (30 October 2023) On animal welfare, the UK should lead not fall behind. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Schnell, Alexandra K., Browning, Heather, Birch, Jonathan (24 March 2022) Octopus farms raise huge animal welfare concerns - and they’re unsustainable too. The Conversation. picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (26 November 2021) How to respond to Omicron: lessons from Alpha. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (12 April 2021) Science and policy in extremis, part 2: the limits of SAGE’s neutrality and independence. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (16 December 2020) Science and policy in extremis what can we learn from the UK’s initial response to COVID-19? LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (3 December 2019) Five reasons to vote in a safe seat. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Birch, Jonathan (9 November 2015) The evolution of cultures, human and microbial. LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Blog.
  • Birch, Jonathan (19 June 2015) Where does altruism come from? LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Blog.